Video: Richie Havens - Here Comes The Sun (live 1971)

Richie Havens, folk legend, died of a heart attack at the age of 72 at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Earth Day. Arriving by helicopter, Havens opened the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival. Due to a number of scheduled opening acts being stuck in traffic, Havens was asked to stretch his set to three-hours and, after running out of material, improvised the old spiritual "Motherless Child" which morphed into a powerful chant of what would later be known as his song "Freedom." [...]

Richie Havens , storico folksinger americano, è morto il 22 aprile all'età di 72 anni a causa di un attacco cardiaco nella sua casa di Jersey City, in New Jersey. Già da tempo aveva problemi di salute e nell'ultimo anno era stato costretto a sospendere i concerti cui ancora si dedicava, fino al ritiro definitivo. Gli appassionati di musica ricordano la sua storica performance al festival di Woodstock nel 1969: a Richie Havens fu affidato il compito di inaugurare con il primo live della giornata la tre giorni di concerti, in sostituzione alla band degli Sweetwater [...]

Richie Havens, one the best folk singer and guitarist, who riveted Woodstock at his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival, has passed-away at 72. According to his agent Tim Drake, the cause of his death was a heart attack. Richie Havens... [[ This is a content summary only. Click on the titles for full stories... ]]

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Legendary folk artist Richie Havens died this morning after suffering a sudden heart attack at his home. He was 72. The Brooklyn native is widely known for his stirring and impromptu opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. He and his band played for three hours (!) and left the crowd in an awe the entire time. For the remainder of his career, he spent much of his time on the road and recording stirring covers of pop and soul songs. He also had an unmatchable approach to playing the acoustic guitar, which is on fully display in the below [...]

Filed under: The Hit List As a member of the Beatles, George Harrison was lucky to get a couple of songs on each album. Yet, despite being overshadowed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Harrison wrote some of the band's most endearing tunes. Once the Beatles split, Harrison's explosion of solo hits -- many written while with the Beatles -- suggested that the two-song limit [...]